National Audit Office report on Support for children's education during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Department for Education (the Department) took action to support schools and pupils in response to COVID-19...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
RAC launches pioneering ‘no ties’ pay-by-mile car insurance
With data showing drivers are covering 20% fewer miles than two decades ago* and the possibility of this trend accelerating post-Covid...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
ASCL responds to NAO report on support for education in pandemic
Commenting on the National Audit Office (NAO) report 'Support for children's education during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic', Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
Notable success of “Everyone In” exposed rough sleeping problem many times larger than Government “has previously acknowledged”
The notable pandemic response success of the “Everyone In” initiative has exposed gaps in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s approach to tackling rough sleeping...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
Be sensible with admissions to secure quality, OfS warns
Universities and colleges must keep the promises they make to students during this year’s admissions cycle and not end up ‘sacrificing quality for inflated intakes’, the chief executive of the Office for Students (OfS) has warned today...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
LGA responds to Public Accounts Committee report on rough sleeping
Responding to a report by the Public Accounts Committee into housing people sleeping rough during the pandemic, Cllr David Renard, Local Government Association housing spokesperson, said...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
NEU comments on the NAO report on the DfE's support for children’s education during Covid
Commenting on the National Audit Office report on the action taken by the Department for Education in the early months of the pandemic, published today, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
‘Everyone In’ scheme has exposed gaps in Government approach to tackling rough sleeping - Crisis response
A new report from the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted how the ‘Everyone In’ scheme, which saw over 37,000 people experiencing homelessness given emergency accommodation to keep them safe during the pandemic, has exposed the true extent of rough sleeping prior to the outbreak...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
Kate Green responds to NAO report ‘Support for children’s education during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic’
Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the National Audit Office report ‘Support for children’s education during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic’, said...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01
Lib Dems comment on NAO report: Williamson has failed a generation
Tomorrow a new NAO report finds the Department for Education’s response to the pandemic could have been done better and more quickly...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 00:01